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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 30, 2024Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2024, 7:05 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2024, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2024, 7:26 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2024-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 695 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2024-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 30, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHenry33 min
Jul 29, 8:41 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHenry34 min
Jul 29, 9:46 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMadison29 min
Jul 29, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton38 min
Jul 29, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene30 min
Jul 29, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison45 min
Jul 29, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence29 min
Jul 29, 10:21 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison24 min
Jul 29, 10:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDelaware, Madison2 hr
Jul 29, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen40 min
Jul 29, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence38 min
Jul 29, 10:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry45 min
Jul 29, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Monroe, Owen51 min
Jul 29, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson31 min
Jul 29, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry30 min
Jul 29, 11:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph5 hr
Jul 30, 12:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence25 min
Jul 30, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence21 min
Jul 30, 12:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDJackson, Lawrence, Monroe3 hr
Jul 30, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan39 min
Jul 30, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox31 min
Jul 30, 11:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene, Martin23 min
Jul 30, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMartin26 min
Jul 30, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.